Africa and the Middle East

Andrew Percy Excerpts
Wednesday 29th June 2011

(13 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Hague of Richmond Portrait Mr Hague
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President Assad must reform or step aside. If we are to maintain international unity of pressure on Syria, we must be careful in how we phrase such things. That is the right position for the United Kingdom to take, particularly as a Security Council resolution is still on the table, which we would like to push forward if the situation in Syria continues to be so dire. I am confident that we have taken the right position.

Andrew Percy Portrait Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole) (Con)
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We all want a negotiated settlement to the middle east conflict, but given that Hamas continues to attack Israel and to manipulate and undermine any direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, what more can we do with our international partners to ensure that Hamas accepts the Quartet principles and comes to the negotiating table?